The “thermal curtain” is another expression for “cold pool” that acts as a barrier to keep some species—pollock and Pacific cod, for example — from migrating across the eastern Bering Sea shelf and northward toward the Bering Strait. For the first time in 37 years of surveying the Bering Sea, we could not find the cold water barrier.

Unidentified beetle pupa found near camp on a river bank.

Stantec engineering designed the plans for pumping water from the Apex River to Lake Geraldine, the city's reservoir, which has lower water levels than in years past.

Torrential rains left at least 324 people dead, and hundreds of thousands more have been made homeless.

The British Columbia government has declared a state of emergency to support the provincewide response to the ongoing wildfire situation.

Marine mammal experts are testing tissue samples for a potential common cause of the surge in carcasses found on the state's beaches this year.

High concentrations of Polychlorinated Biphenyls found in blue mussels.

Carcasses examined so far have shown no indication of disease, and tests are pending for harmful algal toxins. Seabirds have been found emaciated and starved, and changed ocean conditions may have affected prey.

Buckled train tracks, fires and thunderstorms are causing major problems for the country's railways, Thursday.

Grasshopper seen in area with typically few sightings

Sightings of great egrets have been reported for decades, but sightings this summer confirm the first time the species has nested in Finland.

We have visited this creek every summer for 10 years, since 2008, including every August, and we have never seen the water this low.

Exhaust emissions from a Norwegian Cruise Line vessel docking in Juneau prompted at least 10 complaints to an Alaska regulatory agency.

Transportation engineers moved the road to avoid a giant mass of frozen debris sliding downhill.

Sargassum, a type of seaweed, is creating problems as it washes up across the Caribbean.

There are unusually low numbers of mosquitoes throughout Finland this sweltering summer – and likely fewer than usual next year as well.

Sockeye salmon are migrating up B.C.'s Fraser River right now, but the water is so warm the fish may die before they have the chance to spawn.

The high temperatures might be left over from the warm-water "blob" off California in 2014.

Eight places in Portugal broke local temperature records Friday as a wave of heat from North Africa swept across the Iberian peninsula — and officials predicted the scorching temperatures could get even worse over the weekend.